The Community Environmental Monitoring Program: Reducing Public Perception of Risk through Stakeholder Involvement
The Community Environmental Monitoring Program (CEMP) has promoted stakeholder involvement, awareness, and understanding of radiological surveillance in communities surrounding the Nevada Test Site (NTS) since 1981. It involves stakeholders in the operation, data collection, and dissemination of information obtained from a network of 29 stations across a wide area of Nevada, Utah and California. It is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration’s Nevada Site Office (NNSA/NSO) and administered by the Desert Research Institute (DRI) of the Nevada System of Higher Education. Integration of a near real-time communications system, a public web site, training workshops for involved stakeholders, and educational programs all help to alleviate public perception of risk of health effects from past activities conducted at the NTS.
- Research Organization:
- Desert Research Institute, Nevada System of Higher Education, Reno and Las Vegas, NV
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC52-00NV13609; AC52-06NA26383
- OSTI ID:
- 909615
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-2007-03; TRN: US0703844
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 2007 International Symposium on Technology and Society, June 1-2, 2007, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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